Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a five-year national planthat will significantly improve awareness of and attitude to genderequality and promote it in all workplaces including the higher echelonsof the Government.
A report posted on the Government'swebsite says the programme will, step-by-step, bridge the gender gap,particularly in fields where gender inequality is high at the moment.
The programme will be implemented nationwide through five projects, thefirst of which will spread the message of gender equality to 70 percentof the State's employees, labourers, servicemen, students at all levelsand residents.
The second project will open trainingcourses for management staff and officials specialising in genderequality, set up a database as well as a mechanism for assessing theimplementation of related laws. These steps aim to improve the State'smanagement capacity and effectiveness in fostering gender equality.
The third project will help female representatives of the NationalAssembly and People's Councils at all levels improve theirqualifications and skills. It will also help aspiring female candidatesto national and local legislative bodies prepare for attainingmembership for the 2016-20 term.
Under the fourth project,five pilot models will be established to address and reduce genderinequality in localities where it is highly prevalent.
Themodels will focus on supporting women to get jobs or do business;building nursery homes at offices, vocational centres, industrial andexport processing zones in order to facilitate female employment andprovide better working conditions; preventing and mitigating domesticviolence impacts; supporting communes to set up and amend regulations ongender equality; and providing counselling services on gender equalityfor ethnic minorities residing in mountainous areas.
Social work centres will be established in the country's four majorregions under the fifth project. The centres will provide many servicesrelated to promoting gender parity, including the provision of shelterand support for needy women.
The total capital of theprogramme is estimated at 955 billion VND (46 million USD), most ofwhich will be sourced from the State budget./.
A report posted on the Government'swebsite says the programme will, step-by-step, bridge the gender gap,particularly in fields where gender inequality is high at the moment.
The programme will be implemented nationwide through five projects, thefirst of which will spread the message of gender equality to 70 percentof the State's employees, labourers, servicemen, students at all levelsand residents.
The second project will open trainingcourses for management staff and officials specialising in genderequality, set up a database as well as a mechanism for assessing theimplementation of related laws. These steps aim to improve the State'smanagement capacity and effectiveness in fostering gender equality.
The third project will help female representatives of the NationalAssembly and People's Councils at all levels improve theirqualifications and skills. It will also help aspiring female candidatesto national and local legislative bodies prepare for attainingmembership for the 2016-20 term.
Under the fourth project,five pilot models will be established to address and reduce genderinequality in localities where it is highly prevalent.
Themodels will focus on supporting women to get jobs or do business;building nursery homes at offices, vocational centres, industrial andexport processing zones in order to facilitate female employment andprovide better working conditions; preventing and mitigating domesticviolence impacts; supporting communes to set up and amend regulations ongender equality; and providing counselling services on gender equalityfor ethnic minorities residing in mountainous areas.
Social work centres will be established in the country's four majorregions under the fifth project. The centres will provide many servicesrelated to promoting gender parity, including the provision of shelterand support for needy women.
The total capital of theprogramme is estimated at 955 billion VND (46 million USD), most ofwhich will be sourced from the State budget./.
